Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-06


The most complete arrangements were
made Tor the vast crowds which were eX-
pected to visit the Stewart pictures. An
entrance has been cut through to
twenty second street from the American
gallery, 80 that the crowd can surge
through from Twenty-third street and
rush out uDimpeded on the south side.
But the crowd does not come. The PEG.
pie for some reason have elected to stay
away from the Stewart show. 1t an
extraordinary Inhibition, but curiouSly
enough it is not an attractive one to the
majority OF sight-seers. Most of the peo-
pie who go there are anxious to see the
great MISSIONER, the Viberts, Rosa Bon
hours "Horse Show" and the numerous
specimens of Verberkoven's superb skill
In sheep painting. But after these have
once been scotland no one but art stu
dents care to study them any great
length OF time-there Ia dreary waste
OF American painters whose pictures
were bought while their authors hap
pened to be popular. The craze has now
died out and the pictures no longer at
tract. The exhibition is below the stan
dard OF the recent superb collection OF
Mrs. Morgan.
If you wish to form a picture gallery
in New York you will have to pay high
price for the paintings. A clique OF four
or i've dealers control the trade, and
you must pay what they ask or go with
out examples OF the masters. They have
fixed rate for Bouguereaus, Van
Dykes, De Neufville, Meissoniers, Meyer
Won Bremens, and like artists, and never
change their price except to push it
higher. They have arrangements made
with the Paris dealers SO that all the
fresh work OF great painters is picKed up
before the American hIlVnr nat a
chance att.
The buyer may hope to get q picture at
moderate rates at some of the large auc-
tlon sales OF collections occasionally. He
can only do so il the pictures OF the par.
ticular artist he wants are out of the
market. The dealers attend all the auc.
lions, and they take care that the market
price of their pictures is not injured b,
low sales. They will raise their own bids
TO prevent this. At the Graves sale re-
Gently L saw well-knOwn dealer raise
his own bids two and three hundred dol.
lars at time to prevent Meyer Won
Bremens going too cheap. de has other
Won bremens for sale. Knoedlsr 81 Co.
bought IN BOuguereau for the same rea-
son. here was aROusseau--there are none
IN khe marAet-and 1t sold for one half OF
what Mr.. Graves paid Tor it. Tue dealers
mad no object in protecting it.
IL begins TO look as though the put
had become heartily tired of the Stew art
family and everything connected with it.
The washing OF the dirty linen of this par
ticular family has been going on so long
IN public that nobody cares a rap now
what Judge Hilton has done or expects TO
do or what his plans are. Nor do people
care particularly who buys Mrs. Stew
arts white house, old gowns or strange
pictures. The name OF Stewart itself
has become so thoroughly identified with
sensationalism, trickerv and scandal
That sense of relief will be felt from one
end OF the town to the other when the pic
lures are sold. the house passes into other
hands, and the end mas come 10 the inter.
minable chat er resulting from the wealth
of rich shopkeeper and his narrow.
minded, prejudiced and silly wife.
BLAKELY HALL.